Question | Answer |
Atrophy | A decrease in size or wasting away tissue |
Base of Support | The area on which an object rest. If the base of support is adequate, this will prevent the object from tipping. |
Bed Cradle | Is a metal frame placed around the bed and over the client |
Body Alignment | (Posture)The way the body parts are positioned |
Body mechanics | The movement of the body |
Boney Prominences | Area on the body where the underlying bone seems to "stick out" ei: shoulder blades, elbow |
Centre of gravity | The horizontal mid-point of a person's body |
Contracture | The lack of joint mobility caused by abnormal shortening of a muscle |
Dangling | Hanging |
Decubitis Ulcer | Pressure Ulcer - any injury caused by unrelieved pressure |
Edema | Swelling in the tissue caused by an accumulation of fluid |
Friction | The rubbing of one surface against another |
Infraction | The death of part or the whole of an organ that occurs when the artery carrying blood supply is obstructed |
Immobilized | The procedure of making a normally movable part of the body, such as a joint diseased |
Kyphosis | Curvature of spine |
Paralysis | Loss of muscle function |
Prosthesis | Artificial Limb |
Scoliosis | Sideways deviation of the spine |
Sprain | Injury to alignment over stretching |
Strain | Excessive use of a muscle |
Abduction | Moving a body part away from the midline of the body |
Adduction | Moving a body part toward the midline of the body |
Ambulation | The act of walking |
Brace | (Orthosis)An apparatus worn to support or align weak body parts |
Deconditioning | The loss of muscle strength from inactivity |
Dorsiflexion | Bending the toes and foot up at the ankle |
Extension | Straitening a body part |
External Rotation | Turing the joint outwards |
Flexion | Bending a body part |
Footdrop | (Plantar Flexion) the foot falls down at the ankle |
Hyperextension | Excessive straightening of a body part |
Internal Rotation | Turning the joint inward |
Muscle Atrophy | A decrease in size or a waste away of muscle |
Orthosis | A brace |
Orthostatic Hypotension | (Postural Hypotension)A drop in blood pressure when the client stands up |
Plantar Flexion | The foot is bent with toes pointed away from the legs |
Pronation | Turning downward |
Range of Motion | (ROM) moving a joint to the extent possible without causing pain |
Rotation | Turing the joint |
Supination | Turning upward |
Syncope | A brief loss of consciousness; fainting |